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Here's an actual scam attempt that I encountered. The pattern is similar and looks believable. The general steps: Scammer will signify interest in purchasing item. Scammer will say he is working for some non-profit and wants to buy the item for a fiance who is in South Africa. He will ask you to calculate the shipping cost via Fedex and will say he plans to pay by PayPal. Once you give the shipping cost, he will ask for the email where he will send the PayPal payment. He will then say he will make the payment now and ask you to check your email for the PayPal. You will receive an email from service@paypal. If you are using Gmail, this will likely be flagged as a phishing email in the Spam folder. Notice that the email will have typos and will ask that you send the tracking number to ppalonlinecare@mail2consultant.com or something other than paypal.com. The general content of this bogus email is that this is a new PayPal policy and that the funds will only transferred to you o